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Originally Posted by noidea
It's wikipedia...wouldn't go too much after that. Sure its not as accepted as here, but for me ayu always has been like...more western thinking xD
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Sure, it's Wikipedia but it mentions some things that I have heard so often.
I'm sure Ayu is influenced by Western thinking, but to what extent?
Also mentioned at Japan Reference briefly (
http://www.jref.com/culture/japanese...tiquette.shtml)
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Avoid being expressing your opinion too directly. Japanese have what they call "honne" (real opinion) and "tatemae" (public opinion). They will express the latter in most situation so as not to disturb the group harmony. It is of course flexible and consist in agreeing with the people around you as much as possible.
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